Police officer charged with fraud

By Ruth Anderah.

A police officer attached to Lugazi police station Tom Alyanga Embish has been arraigned before the Anti-corruption court in Kololo and charged with offence of abuse of office and extortion.

Detective sgt Alyanga has appeared before a grade one magistrate Abert Asiimwe and denied the two offenses.

Prosecution states that between 22nd and 23^rd of May 2019 at Lugazi police station and Naguru in Kampala district, the accused being employed by Uganda police force as a police officer, extorted 100,000shillings from a one Innocent Mwebaze as an inducement for him not to register a case of obtaining money by false pretence allegedly reported by one Violet Nakalyana Lugazi police station.

Now Alyanga has been released on a cash bail of 500,000 shillings, to deposit his passport with court and his two sureties have been ordered to execute a non-cash bond of 20 million shillings.

The magistrate ordered him to return to court on August 29^th for mention after prosecution’s Carol Tabaro informed court that investigations are still on-going.

Written by David Kugonza